With the ability and athleticism of players on the ATP World Tour, sometimes it takes a little something special just to win a point—a fact that the players in the field at the year-end championships in London know all too well.
Here’s a look at some of their superhuman feats over the course of the season.
It’s a feat of tremendous magnitude to actually get a ball by Rafael Nadal on a clay court. Here’s a couple that made it by him in Monte Carlo, courtesy of Dominic Thiem’s majestic one-handed backhand. And he didn’t discriminate either, taking it down the line and cross-court: